I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Revolut
Interview
First I was asked to do an online aptitude test, then I was invited to an interview. Interview went very well, however recruiter wasn't able to give me the right expectation regarding the salary, so we ended the interview agreeing she would reach out with the band salary for me to check if I was interested to continue the recruitment process or not. 2 weeks after they told me I hadn't the right profile even though I had. It just seemed they couldn't afford me and blame my skills.
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Question 1
Past experience with specific examples of needed skills
J’ai postulé en ligne et j’ai été recontacte dans la foulée par une recruteuse pour planifier un call de screen.
L’entretien s’est bien passé mais 3 jours après j’ai reçu un mail quasi automatique de refus.
J’ai donc écris à la recruteuse pour avoir des informations complémentaires mais elle n’a jamais pris le temps de me répondre.
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Question 1
Qu’est ce que tu attends de ton futur job ?
Pourquoi Revolut ?
As tu déjà géré des situations complexes avec un CSE/des élus du personnel ?
I applied through other source. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut (Dublín, Dublín) in Aug 2023
Interview
My advice to anyone considering going through a recruitment process with Revolut is to clear your diary for a month. Each step is non standard and requires a significant amount of time to prepare. Despite the investment in time, feedback is only generic, and they don’t call you.
My experience with the interviewers was largely positive until the final stage which was very concerning.
A sourcer reached out to me through LinkedIn. The recruiter was great throughout and gave useful information about the interviews. The steps were – Aptitude test, Skills interview, Problem solving interview and ‘Bar Raiser’ interview with the Head of People.
The final interview was a farce. The interviewer appeared in the online interview 7 minutes late, blaming his internet connection. However, there was a child screaming in the background throughout, so I suspect they had something to do with the delay. The interviewer was clearly unprepared, as he then had to find my LinkedIn profile, so a further delay. Given the interview was only scheduled for 30 minutes, the interaction was very rushed. The interviewer showed zero interest in meeting me, and clearly wasn’t listening. He asked questions that did not make sense for my profile - for example asking me why I made the decision to leave a role I did 8 years ago, when I had already explained it was a six-month contract role to perform a project which I completed. He spent an inordinate amount of time asking questions about this role, and little time asking about my more relevant experience since. The most shocking part of the interview was at one point he interrupted me when I was mid-sentence and literally shouted at me to disagree that an achievement I had begun to describe was a regulatory requirement and not an achievement. I cannot comprehend why he did that, I wasn’t describing a regulatory requirement at all, but for me that outburst was a red line. I knew instantly I wasn’t going to be selected, and I would question my own judgement if I went into an organisation where it is acceptable to behave in that way. The remainder of the conversation was robotic. The role has now been advertised on LinkedIn, so whoever they offered the role to in the end must have also concluded it is not for them too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difficult to see the relevance of some of the questions asked about a 6 month contract role I did 8 years ago e.g. why did you leave? how would your manager describe you?